Crec Eixample is the second coworking space designed by CaSA for CREC, leading company in coworking in Barcelona. After the first collaboration with their ?social coworking? Sinèrgics, CREC called again CaSA to design the new, centrally located workplace. Photography by Roberto Ruiz.

Located a few steps away from central Plaza Catalunya, its 700sq meters of surface divided between street level and basement, provide as by brief of the client a wide variety of working environments for different needs for over 110 people: communal tables for flexible workers with laptops separated from fixed desks for people not willing to move around; closed offices for private offices for companies, communal areas such as Kitchen/office, relax areas, meeting rooms, conference boots, toilets and a lecture room.
The large premises previously hosted an office canteen, have been cleared of all dividing elements.

The empty space revealed valuable features, such as two sets of slender cast iron columns with composite style capitals and three big openings toward the street formerly walled or obscured with adhesive elements have been regained. After the space was freed from partitions the concept became suddenly clear: to create an open, fresh, uncluttered work environment, highlighting the existing elements, a neutral light grey surface as base (epoxy paint flooring) on which architectural volumes are placed: geometrical shaped colour bl...